MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday hailed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as a "hero" of the Philippines' response against COVID-19, amid a new surge of infections in the country.
"It's not really the time to make comparisons, but we're doing good in the fight against COVID. And Sec. Duque is the hero there," he said.Watch more in iWantTFC Duque has been facing calls to step down over his alleged lapses and failures in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines, which has recorded more than a million infections since the pandemic began, exacerbated by a second wave of cases that began late March this year.
He also confused the public and officials alike after saying the Philippines was already in a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases despite the country "never flattened anything yet" at that time. He later retracted his statement. The health chief was also tagged in a scam in which several PhilHealth officials allegedly pocketed P15 billion in state funds, and approved the request of overpriced projects and fund releases to supposedly favored hospitals.
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